[Leica] Anyone out there load cassettes from bulk film?

[durling at cox.net (Mike Durling)]

Ok, there are about 3-4 questions going in this thread.  Let me add my 
opinion to everybody else's.  I do bulk load on occasion.  No scratching 
lately with my Watson loader.  The Lloyd's uses a felt light trap and I 
think debris can get lodged in there.  Only problem I have with the 
Watson is that the frame counter doesn't always engage so I have to 
count turns on the crank.

I've used some Bergger and was not impressed.  Its pretty grainy.  Foma 
400 is a less expensive alternative.  Still grainy but nice if you can 
live with that.

Plain masking tape works for me.  I wrap it around and stick it to both 
sides of the film.  For trimming the ends I just eyeball it with 
scissors.  I made a template from aluminum once but it didn't help much. 
  Just cut from the end towards the cassette.  Easy to make tongues that 
fit an LTM that way.

Mike D

Jeffery Smith wrote:
> As I recall, I tried masking tape (which, of course, is designed to come 
> off
> easily...duh). I'm not trying to save money either...I was going to try 
> some
> Eastman Double X film (ISO 200-250) which comes only in remnants since it 
> is
> a cine film. But it is supposed to be similar to Super XX. I have read that
> Bergger 200 is also similar to Super XX. If that is the case, I'd rather go
> with Bergger 200 and not fiddle with reloading. Anyone out there used both
> films and can comment?
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Didier
> Ludwig
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:28 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] Anyone out there load cassettes from bulk film?
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> 
> Jeffery
> 
> I use regular scotch tape, put it on one side of the film end, and tape it
> around the spool, and then tape it on the other side of the film end. 
> Worked
> 100% so far. Sometimes i used too much tape and it was visible on frame 37
> or 38.
> 
> Didier
> 
>> I used to load my own Plus X in the late 1960's, but cooled off on it 
>> when I had problems with the damned film ends coming untaped at the end 
>> of the roll. I had to keep a changing bag in my trunk, and then take 
>> the film out of the bag in my darkroom. The tape that Kodak, Ilford, 
>> etc. use to affix the film to the spool is tenacious as hell. Anyone 
>> have a suggestion of what I should use? I have a feeling that "duct 
>> tape" is going to enter the conversation.
>>
>> Jeffery Smith
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